This month, April 2020, sees the 200th anniversary of the ‘Radical War’ of 1820, where workers, led mainly by the weavers, took part in a week of strikes and unrest as part of a campaign for democratic reform of the United Kingdom. The West of Scotland and north of England featured heavily in the action and three men, John Baird, Andrew Hardie and James Wilson, were executed for treason as a consequence of their actions in support of the insurrection.
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